SHOCKER: BBC poll: Israel has worst world image. I suppose the only thing more shocking is how close Iran is. Israel: 56% negative; 17% positive. Iran: 54% negative; 18% positive.

And what is behind Israel's negative image?

"It appears that people around the world tend to look negatively on countries whose profile is marked by the pursuit of military power," said Steven Kull, director of the University of Maryland's Program on International Policy Attitudes, which conducted the research along with pollster GlobeScan. [emphasis added]

That's it! Disengaging from Gaza, threatening to retreat from the West Back--it must be just like Abu Abir said:

Mr. Abir blamed the Jewish state for the desecration of the Gaza synagogues by Palestinian Arabs, claiming the decision to leave the structures intact was part of an Israeli conspiracy.

Israel "left the synagogues behind so the world would see the Palestinians destroying them," Mr. Abir said.

Boy, those Zionists just can't get anything past these guys.

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